How to Make your Own Vegan Cleaning Products

Buying the alternative vegan and cruelty-free range of cleaning products here definitely offers convenience and mental satisfaction. However, if you’re still on the fence about whether a product you buy is vegan or not, the safest bet is to go for DIY Vegan household cleaners.

One of the most
powerful, chemical-free, cruelty-free cleaning products and natural vegan DIY cleaners
that’s easily available at minimal cost is white vinegar. Always keep a bottle
handy at home and use it for DIY multi-surface cleaner which you can use
anywhere you can possibly think of. It has the power to get rid of tough grease
and grim from dishes, bad stench from laundry, carpets, and the like, and
removing stains that have set in deeply over long.

What’s more, you can actually prepare homemade cleaner with vinegar and baking soda by mixing white vinegar with a dash of baking soda and add some natural essential oils such as tea-tree or eucalyptus. There you have a 100% vegan and cruelty-free household cleaning remedies and DIY antibacterial cleaner for all your home-cleaning needs, prepared right in a jiffy!

Here’s the exact
measurement in case you need:

White
vinegar – ¼ – ½ cup

Baking
soda – 2 tbsp

Eucalyptus
or tea tree essential oils – few drops

Transfer all these
ingredients into an empty and clean garden-spray bottle and fill it to the top
with water. Your very own homemade natural cleaning solution is ready to use
anytime, anyplace in the house.

Why Should You Choose Vegan Cleaning Products?

So why the whole
hype about going vegan with everyday essentials such as handwash liquid,
dishwash soap, laundry powder, or plant-based all-purpose cleaner? Well, the
reasons are many but we have a few listed here for your better understanding:

Plant-based
ingredients are always safe to use in a household that has kids and pets, or
both. They are free of any toxic chemicals which may be accidentally ingested
by either children or pets. You needn’t worry about the same with natural
cleaners and can be rest assured of your loved ones’ safety.

A
large number of natural cleaning solutions are biodegradable and eco-friendly
commercial cleaning products. This means that they’re 100% safe for the
environment. It also means your one step forward towards environment protection
so you have all the more reason to feel good and pat your back.

There
are some cleaning agents such as dishwashing detergents which pose a risk to
the aquatic eco-system. By choosing a natural and vegan version of the same,
you aren’t harming the water life or the environment.

Conventional
dishwashing powders and liquid solutions are filled with chemicals that harm
your skin. It gets dry, starts peeling off, or starts reflecting some form of
allergic reaction – all a fallout of using chemical-laden dishwash agents. This
is particularly a problem if your skin is sensitive. With vegan cleaning products,
your hands stay soft and rash-free, just the way you’d like them. Why ruin your
beautiful hands just because you want your dishes to sparkle?

List of Non-Vegan Ingredients to Watch Out For

Now that you’re all set on buying vegan household cleaning products, or any other products, you may want to keep an eye out for some of the non-vegan components hidden in the label. They generally sneak their way into the long list of ingredients duly printed and can be hard to find or understand. And, this extends to all your daily use products so check their ingredients before you purchase. Be sure about the products you use like Vaseline – is that vegan? which you can find here or the cocoa butter – is that vegan? which you can find in this post.

This is why we’ve listed certain non-vegan ingredients here for your reference for the next time you pick up a cleaner at the grocery store.

Oleyl
Alcohol or Ocenol (derivatives include Oleths, Oleyl Arachidate, Oleyl Imidazoline)
– all of which are fish oils

Besides these
ingredients, it’s also important to ensure that for a product to be vegan, it
must not have been tested on guinea pigs or other small, innocent creatures.
This may be determined by checking for certifications from PETA or Leaping
Bunny, the two most credible regulatory bodies. You may either search for their
logo on the product you pick or browse through the database of these
organisations for more information.

Conclusion

Being vegan is a great choice and it can extend beyond your plate, and be a part of your everyday lifestyle including deodorant (a homemade one like in this article), cosmetics, shoes (like listed here) for the betterment. For you, for the environment, and for the animals. Restricting it to diet may seem easy because it’s your choice and willpower that drives you all along; however, when you choose to go one step further and make vegan choices in shopping for everyday cleaning agents, it may seem a little tough. The reason: you don’t know what’s in the solution to make your clothes, dishes, or glass stainless and sparkly.

Why Vegans First?

My life literally revolves around optimumal health and sustainable living by being a devotional vegan. My mission is to create a community of like minded vegans to go forth in creating a better and brighter world for humans, animals and the planet.

Just like Gandhi once said:

“The greatness of a nation and it’s moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Gandhi